1 March 2014

Lubricants to date

01 Henry Krank's oiled patches - good datum - good quality material, but expensive.

02 Ox-Yoke oiled patches - very oily!

10 Ox-Yoke Wonderlube 1000+ - loading was slightly harder, swabs not cleaning thoroughly. Will retry using different 'wetting' procedure.
 
03 Ballistol:water 1:1 - seems to work well, expensive though, hard to get Ballistol [only on eBay].

17 Ballistol:water 1:2 - works better, easy loading.

13 Ballistol:water 1:3 - loading still very easy but group seemed to open up.
 
04 Tallow:Olive Oil 2:1 - far too stiff for pistol patches, group opened up.

05 Tallow:Olive Oil 1:2 - stiffens up too much after time BUT easy to clean afterwards! Perhaps a summer lube?

08 Tallow:Olive Oil 1:4 - much softer than [05] and melts by body heat. Will try wetter mix [09]

09 Tallow:Olive Oil 1:6 - liquid even when colder weather, splatters when loading [don't overwet patches], very dirty swabs so cleaning easily, good scores/grouping though. (March 2014) Less wetting produces much better results and a tighter group. Recommended.
06 Beeswax:Olive Oil 1:2 - too stiff for pistol patches. Try more olive oil [19].

19 Beeswax:Olive Oil 1:4 - TBA.
 
07 Beeswax:Lanolin:Neatsfoot Oil 2:1:2 - too stiff, needs more oil to loosen it up [18].

18 Beeswax:Lanolin:Neatsfoot Oil 2:1:3 - TBA.

11 Aqueous cream:Water 1:1 - loading was very easy, patches were not being completely lubed though - try wetter mix [12].

12 Aqueous cream:Water 2:3 - wetter version of [11]. TBA.

15 Tallow:Beeswax 1:2 - far too stiff for pistol patches, less beeswax needed.

20 Tallow:Beeswax 1:1 - TBA.

21 Tallow:Beeswax 3:1 - TBA. [Rifle lube? Massachusetts Arms Co.].

22 Tallow:Beeswax 4:1 - TBA. [Rifle lube? Marlin Firearms Co.].

16 Tallow:Beeswax:Olive Oil 1:1:1 - TBA [NZ Pistol lube].

24 Tallow:Beeswax:Olive Oil:Ballistol - 5:10:tablespoon:teaspoon - TBA.

14 Tallow:Beeswax:Paraffin 2:1:2 by weight - TBA.

23 Olive Oil - Too wet. Needs tallow, lanolin or beeswax to stiffen it up.


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